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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Tennessee's Rosa Parks Act, which would expunge the criminal records of Civil Rights activists arrested for protesting segregation, awaits the Governor's signature. It was supported by nearly everyone in the TenGenAss except for 6 Republican State Senators Representatives who voted against it.

It should be noted that many civil rights activists were incarcerated for felonies - on trumped up charges that only held because of their political views or the color of their skin.

You prove to me with fair trials (which most certainly didn't happen at the time)that everyone charged with felonies rightfully deserved the charges, and I'll avoid agreeing with S-Town Mike when he calls these representatives the worst people in the state today.

I suppose you can leave it up to Bill Hobbs to masquerade as an independent, but still be a sympathizer of the extremes the Republican party...

Anyway, not that overly-opinionated people should be taken that seriously to begin with, I think its sad that six representatives would dare vote against a bill that would get rid of criminal records (including trumped up felony charges) from the act of participating in the Civil Rights movement.

These are either the six worst or six most ignorant legislators. I highly doubt they are ignorant, so I say they are just despicable.